κύνικλος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cunīculus, although attested earlier (in Polybius) than the latter.[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κύνικλος • (kúniklos) m (genitive κυνίκλου); second declension

  1. rabbit
    Synonyms: δασύπους (dasúpous), ἡμίλαγος (hēmílagos), λαγιδεύς (lagideús), λεβηρίς (lebērís)

Declension

Descendants

  • Greek: κονικλοτροφείο (koniklotrofeío)

Further reading

  1. Dickey, Eleanor (2023) Latin loanwords in Ancient Greek: A lexicon and analysis, Cambridge University Press, →DOI, page 236
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